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Bartender at the Blue Whale in Collinsport, 1968. Pouring drinks, playing the jukebox & puffing on my stogie. I've seen some things. #DarkShadows Roleplaying with Shadows of Collinwood
[Strangers At Collins House by Marilyn Ross; Dark Shadows novel #3]
27.07.2025 23:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The neon lights of the Blue Whale were already on by the time she parked her car on the side street close to it. The big ramshackle building in which the lounge was located was shabby looking. It's ancient clapboards were peeling paint and it seemed little like a glamor spot. Yet it offered Collinsport's only touch of nightlife and was well patronized. Visitors and the younger set gathered there. Victoria always drew within herself when she entered the noisy, smoke-filled spot. Loud talk and raucous laughter joined with the jukebox to make a constant clamor. Once in there awhile, one became deadened to the noise.
Not the most complimentary description I've heard of my bar...
27.07.2025 23:38 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Keep it smokey, Collinsport!
27.07.2025 14:50 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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09.07.2025 04:19 — 👍 159 🔁 26 💬 3 📌 0
A placard proclaims "Blue Whale Seaside Tavern." Carolyn stands at the bar with a drink in her hand and a tipsy expression. She's saying, "It's awfully loud in here."
Come the the Blue Whale where the juke box is always playing...always playing...
#BlueWhaleTestimonials
Stingers for the both of us!
(Actually on the 4th of July I was digging a grave. I wish that was a role play bit but in reality my vacation was taking care of my senior dog at the end of her life. But I will get a real vacation next week when I go to the Dark Shadows Meet n Greet in Tarrytown!)
I was on vacation, but the Whale is always open with a glass waiting for yeh!
08.07.2025 19:25 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"Blackbird" by Billy Preston, 1972
Err, this one must have fallen through one of those time staircases.
But seriously, I choose this one (despite it's 70s-ness) because it's the perfect song both for Preston's life and for June. Happy Pride, everyone!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Ft...
"Love You Till Tuesday" by David Bowie, 1967
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Giwp...
"Save The Country" by Laura Nyro, 1968
www.youtube.com/watch?v=noJu...
"Sweet Soul Music" by Arthur Conley, 1967
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHcz...
"A Brand New Me" by Dusty Springfield, 1969
“I know that I’m as perfectly capable of being swayed by a girl as by a boy. More and more people feel that way and I don’t see why I shouldn’t." - Dusty Springfield
www.youtube.com/watch?v=396-...
"Sweet Georgia Brown" by Billy Tipton, 1957
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy5w...
"See My Friends" by The Kinks, 1965
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lplF...
"Live the Life" Billy Wright, 1954
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2TT...
Hey, who's that handsome guy smoking behind the bar?
24.06.2025 21:49 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot from the show Dark Shadows, showing the character Burke Devlin talking to Victoria Winters. The caption reads Broomsticks and Unicorns, Collinsport's #1 Choice of Travel since 1966
Still my favorite line in the show.
24.06.2025 20:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This woman on the train proving there are no small parts. "I've been livin' in this paht of the country all my life and I've only been to Collinport once. Just once! That was more than enough for me." The Big Finish story I really want is what happened to this woman when she went to Collinsport. 🤨
24.06.2025 19:45 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A large mansion (Collinwood) silhouetted against the night sky. A few lights can be seen in the windows.
Episode 1:
What I really love about the first episode is how we first see everyone. Victoria on the train seeking, Elizabeth framed behind the crosshatching of the window pane like bars, Roger pouring a brandy from a crosshatched decanter (his own prison), each of them alone.
#DSrewatch
Werewolf reported in Collinsport turned out just to be a false alarm.
24.06.2025 18:21 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
"Night and Day" by Frances Faye, 1960
www.youtube.com/watch?v=53M6...
"Chances Are" by Johnny Mathis, 1957
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRWZ...
"Worried Blues" by Gladys Bentley, 1928
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptIB...
Nice! My DVDs pre-date the release of the coffin by quite a few years. By the time they released the coffin collection, I already had a lot of the series. I couldn't justify rebuying that many DVDs despite the cuteness 😏
18.06.2025 13:51 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
See kids, these are called DVDs. I'll show you something even older — a VHS tape. In the olden days we used to watch our stories on them. It was an amazing improvement from having to show up at a particular time not of our choosing. Some would say timeslot killed DS: The Revival, but I digress...
18.06.2025 03:00 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
// #NowWatching Dark Shadows...again. Starting my rewatch from the very beginning with episode 1 and the night train making its way across the screen.
#DSrewatch
"You Don't Owe Me A Thing" by Johnnie Ray, 1957
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqO3...
//It's been a LOOOONG time since you sent me this, but I've been having some very real life family emergencies. I'm just now getting to listen to this today. I'm only on the first song ("Bubblegum Cards and Pinups") but I have already died twice. This is fabulous!
09.06.2025 16:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
One of the things I love about DARK SHADOWS is that people can be confronted by the ghost of a long dead Victorian child who warns them that their long lost cousin is really a vampire, only to say “Silly ghost! Vampires can’t exist!”
05.06.2025 23:41 — 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0Hey! Are yeh cheating on me and the Whale?
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